Music Reviews
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Sally Shapiro Somewhere Else
The chronically shy Swedish songwriter re-emerges after a four year wait, subtly detaching herself from her Italo-disco informed body of work.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez is a starman... -
Eat Skull III
Softening their sound for a more mysterious and dreamy approach, garage rockers Eat Skull bridge the gap between lo-fi rock and experimentation with impressive results.
Peter Quinton finally gets to talk about GBV in his review of the new Eat Skull album... -
Ducktails Flower Lane
Ducktails is back again with their first proper studio effort. Is it as "cool" as some would have you believe?
Andrew Ciraulo never planned on being cool in the first place... -
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away
The inimitable Nick Cave is back with another great album. How couldn't he be?
Forrest Cardamenis pushes... -
The Embassy Sweet Sensation
The influential Swedish duo have re-emerged from the wilderness to find the stage theirs for the taking. But is Sweet Sensation up to the task?
David Coleman says "nej"... -
Baptists Bushcraft
As annihilative a sound as one’s able to generate with a guitar, bass, drums and mic, d-beat metal act Baptists aspire to crush with their first full-length album, Bushcraft.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Kavinsky Outrun
From the Drive-featured lead track to the gaudy typeface and vintage videogame-based concept, the debut of French House artist Kavinsky might be the most 80s album of all time. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Unsurprisingly, Mark Davison played too many games as a kid... -
Popstrangers Antipodes
The New Zealand trio glorifies the ascendancy of grunge before it reached its inevitable nadir, yet rejects the insularity that musical subculture was widely for with a bevy for textural contrasts.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Ra Ra Riot Beta Love
In an effort to move in a new direction, Ra Ra Riot winds up going too far into synthpop territory. Their signature, string-laden sound is smothered and, in some cases, removed completely, in favor of electronic melodies and beats. In most cases, the songs display a band out of their element.
Joe Marvilli thinks this album should have stayed in beta form.... -
Iceage You're Nothing
Iceage exploded onto the punk scene fully formed and thirsting for blood with their debut, but their sophomore release, You're Nothing, is even more savage and nihilistic than ever. But does this mean the album demonstrates any growth?
Peter Quinton ices his black eye after being thrown into the hellion that is Iceage's latest...
